Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:07:59 -0700 (PDT) From: matt@braithwaite.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/26636: If /etc/ttys goes empty, init(8) never rereads it Message-ID: <200104170707.f3H77xi60302@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 26636
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: If /etc/ttys goes empty, init(8) never rereads it
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 17 00:10:02 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Matthew Braithwaite
>Release: 4.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
If you empty out /etc/ttys, HUP init, and then put something back in /etc/ttys, init will never spawn anything ever again.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
This patch was not made with an understanding of init, so it may well introduce problems. It merely points the direction to the solution of this problem.
*** init.c~ Wed Aug 23 00:08:22 2000
--- init.c Mon Apr 16 23:53:36 2001
***************
*** 1341,1349 ****
register int devlen;
char *old_getty, *old_window, *old_type;
- if (! sessions)
- return (state_func_t) multi_user;
-
/*
* mark all sessions for death, (!SE_PRESENT)
* as we find or create new ones they'll be marked as keepers,
--- 1341,1346 ----
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